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The Department of Labor plans to work with state agencies to boost the reliability of the country’s unemployment insurance systems. The new program, called the OpenUI Initiative, aims to promote ...

The Department of Labor launched a new office to lead efforts to modernize and reform unemployment insurance (UI) systems, a benefit delivered through over 50 distinct systems at the state level. The ...

Banners against renters eviction reading no job, no rent is displayed on a controlled rent building in Washington, DC on August 9, 2020. - With double digit unemployment, disruption to businesses from ...

Data on access to unemployment insurance broken down by demographics can help program administrators make sure that they help everyone entitled to the benefit access it, the Labor Department says. The ...

CEDAR FALLS — After several months of consideration and protests from students, faculty, and community organizations across Iowa, the state Board of Regents approved the University of Iowa’s request ...

After the state Board of Regents in November approved closing the University of Iowa Labor Center, Iowans from across the state gathered Monday to protest the decision and take efforts to keep the ...

The COVID-19 unemployment benefit (UB) programs began as an emergency policy response but grew and changed significantly over time. In the wake of poor unemployment insurance (UI) system performance ...